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Dispatcher, Motor Vehicles
Employer
National Motor Coach Systems Ltd.Date Posted
February 17, 2025Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $20.00 to $30.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Mar 19, 2025
Employer
National Motor Coach Systems Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting
- Urban area
- Repair and maintenance services
- Transportation
- Warehouse
Tasks
- Maintain work records and logs
- Monitor personnel workloads and locations
- Provide customer service
- Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
- Assist with maintenance of communications equipment
- Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
- Dispatch personnel as required by emergency situations
- Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
- Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
- Maintain vehicle operator work records
- Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
- Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses
- Respond to urgent calls from individual who find themselves in life threatening situation and who require assistance
- Schedule assignments and co-ordinate activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment
Computer and technology knowledge
- Dispatch management service software
- Database software
- Electronic mail
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Spreadsheet
- MS Windows
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Health benefits
Health care plan
Financial benefits
Group insurance benefits
Other benefits
Free parking available
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in compiling information to maintain operator work records using computerized or manual methods; and in monitoring personnel workloads and locations
- DIRECTIVE
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Interest in operating computer-aided communications and dispatching equipment to process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment; and in dispatching personnel according to written schedules, work orders and as required by emergency situations
- SOCIAL
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Interest in speaking with vehicle operators to advise on route and traffic problems such as construction, accidents, congestion, weather conditions and weight and size restrictions
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.
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